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Pocahontas

Front

daughter of Indian chief Powhatan who brought food to starving colonists in Jamestown. Married John Rolfe

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Croatans

Front

local Roanoke tribe

Back

Roanoke

Front

first attempt of British to establish colony in New World

Back

indentured servants

Front

agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia

Back

separatists

Front

a religious group that derived their name form wanting to separate from the official church of England

Back

Middle Passage

Front

name for horrific trip across the ocean that slaves were forced to take

Back

mercantilism

Front

the policy of using colonies as the source of raw materials and as markets, both to benefit mother country

Back

Pilgrims

Front

English settlers who sailed for the Americas seeking religious freedom and are know today as this

Back

House of Burgesses

Front

Colonial settlers that elected representatives called Burgesses met in this assembly

Back

Burgesses

Front

Representatives elected by land owning colonists to government for Jamestown

Back

armada

Front

fleet (group) of ships

Back

farming

Front

main business in Plymouth taught by the Wampanoag

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John Smith

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27 year old soldier, explorer, Captain who set up stern rules, traded with Indians that saved Jamestown

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Parliament

Front

the representative government of England

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Plymouth

Front

a colony in present day Massachussetts for religious freedom created by separatists in 1620 Hardships: shelter, disease, starvation

Back

Triangular Trade

Front

shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum, and other commodities, which were in turn shipped back to Britain.

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charter

Front

a legal paper giving permission to travel

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freeholders

Front

those who paid their way to get passage to America

Back

artifacts

Front

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

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The Virginia Company of London

Front

1607 Jamestown formed by wealthy investors in England who hoped to get more wealthy from riches in the New World

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The Starving Time

Front

1609 in Jamestown - Indians refused to trade food with colonists. They ate cats, dogs and rumored corpses

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Sir Raleigh

Front

granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1584, He did not travel but sent series of expeditions

Back

Mayflower Compact

Front

an agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims before they landed in Plymouth. 41 men signed, women were not allowed to sign

Back

Why did England want a colony in Americas?

Front

good harbors, wood/timber for ships, gold (free resources), build up Navy

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chattel slavery

Front

people and their descendants will be enslaved for life

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New Amsterdam

Front

name for Dutch colony that will later be New York

Back

William Bradford

Front

leader of Separatists

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John White

Front

lead final expedition to Roanoke and began to build a settlement. Returned in 1590 to abandoned settlement.

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Virginia Dare

Front

John White's grand daughter- 1st English child born in America

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Jamestown

Front

settled near the Chesapeake Bay. Problems included typhoid, lack of food &water, fear of Powhatan tribes. 1609-starving time.

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Squanto

Front

a Wampanoag Indian who helped the Pilgrims by bringing seeds of native plants and showed them how to successfully grow food

Back

The colonist learned from the Powhatan

Front

to plant and harvest tobacco (that ultimately saves them)

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John Rolfe

Front

( married Pocahontas) started importing tobacco seeds to grow.

Back

Representative Government

Front

government where voters elect representatives to make laws

Back

Roanoke Theories

Front

1. settlers left 2. joined the natives 3. disaster 4. attacked by natives 5. Spanish

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